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UPCOMING EVENTS + Until October 31st, 2017 - Hoax #14: Feminisms and Boundaries Call For Submissions ABOUT HOAX Hoax is a US annual queer feminist compilation zine that aims to create a space to share our own truths. People of all lived experiences are encouraged to submit! Contributors do not have to identify with a particular gender and/or as feminists in order to submit work to Hoax. We ask that all potential collaborators, regardless of political and/or personal self-identities, actively agree to Hoax’s Core Values and Shared Goals before working on the project. + Mission Statement, Core Values, and Shared Goals + General Hoax FAQs + Submission FAQs + Stipends for Submissions + A Note about Erroneous Press and Hoax's Influences ZINE ISSUES & TOPICS Hoax #1 - Relationships [Sept 2009] Hoax #2 - Relationships, Redux [Jan 2010] Hoax #3 - Health [May 2010] Hoax #4 - Hirstories [Dec 2010] Hoax #5 - Community [May 2011] Hoax #6 - Communication [Nov 2011] Hoax #7 - Change [June 2012] Hoax #8 - Mythologies [Jan 2013] Hoax #9 - Vulnerabilities [Sept 2013] Hoax #10 - Embodiments [Aug 2014] Hoax #11 - Strategy [Nov 2015] Hoax #12 - Healing [June 2016] Hoax #13 - Spaces [March 2017] Hoax #14 - Boundaries (TAKING SUBMISSIONS NOW!) GET COPIES OF HOAX Our Etsy Shop [paypal] hoaxzine (at) gmail (dot) com [US cash] OTHER HOAX LINKS Twitter Facebook Instagram We Make Zines Hoax's Zine Wiki Page DONATE TO HOAX
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HOAX #13:  FEMINISMS & SPACES IS NOW FOR SALE

+ What is Hoax? Hoax is a US annual queer feminist compilation zine that aims to create a space where we can voice our own truths. Each issue has a theme in tandem with feminisms. Contributors do not have to identify with a particular gender and/or as feminists in order to submit work to the zine. You can learn more about Hoax via links about our Mission Statement, Core Values, and Shared Goals, General Hoax FAQs, Submission FAQs, and Stipends for Submissions.

Essays in this Issue:

  • An exploratory essay by a queer teacher about whether or not classrooms can be considered safe spaces
  • A call to action to counteract dominant activist discourse that permits activists with privilege to police marginalized activists on the basis of not participating in activism "correctly"
  • A short essay about minority feminist art spaces in the second and third wave, essentially arguing for people to not rely on tokenism
  • An essay about the author’s struggle to negotiate his identity as a femme queer trans man online, including his attempts to pass as cis online while being out as trans in real life
  • Using relationship anarchy and anarchist approaches to commitment to (re)frame messed-up family relationships in terms of in/accessibility
  • A creative nonfiction meditation on systemic racism, white supremacist normativity, and American society's conditioned, unconscious justification for the continuous injustices of heterosexual white men and how, historically, their heinous actions have always gone unquestioned
  • A personal essay describing a young woman's experience getting an IUD (intrauterine device) after the most recent presidential election for fear that affordable healthcare could be eliminated
  • A discussion of the ways in which the queer community can be unwelcoming to those whose identities don't fit the mainstream queer narratives
  • Experiences working in a domestic violence shelter and how its nonprofit infrastructure made the author’s work harder and exasperated their caregiver burnout
  • Identifying the need and subsequently carving space for oneself as a non-binary transgender feminist
  • An ode to the author’s city and an understanding of how white supremacy has historically and continues to shape the city’s politics, community, and culture
  • A short narrative on reclaiming physical space
  • The closet metaphor is both too singular a metaphor for how the author segment their queerness online, and also inaccurate given the author's use of trash bags for storing clothes
  • Tracing the origins of Canadian queer zine culture
  • Establishing distance from difficult memories, and the allegory of clocks as instruments of timekeeping  
  • A critique of academic spaces that addresses the importance of integrating anti-oppressive strategies into research methodology
  • Orthodox Jewish and Native American menstrual rituals in America and how ritual seclusion can be perceived as empowering and used as a way to affirm identity and difference
  • Distancing oneself from hostile environments, including a parent, the nonprofit industrial complex, and white feminism as manifested through the 2016 U.S. Presidential Elections, as a form of reclaiming agency and considering possibilities for a whole self
  • Told in second person, an experimental creative non-fiction piece on recovering from psychosis and depression
  • An examination of how the colloquialisms dispatched and the postures held by heteronormative society affect one's personal growth

This issue also includes poetry, a comic, feminists we love, current feminist heroes, and a vegan/gf recipe for Red Lentil and Collards Soup! The zine is ½ size, black & white, 80 pages, printed in English, and very text heavy.

+ Note about Triggering Content: We are circulating the above descriptive list in an effort to reveal the content and chronological order of this issue, thus creating the opportunity for readers to judge on a personal basis as to which essays could be potentially triggering or uncomfortable to them. We have chosen not to place trigger warnings on specific pieces in Hoax because we recognize that triggers are unique and highly personal. We believe that it is impossible to discern what content has the potential to be upsetting and/or triggering to every one of our readers, and we do not want to inadvertently create a hierarchy of what material is “intense” or “real” enough to warrant a warning. Please contact us if you have suggestions as to how to better incorporate trigger warnings into future issues of Hoax.

+ Note about Pricing and Stipends: This issue costs US$3.50. All of the money procured for Hoax goes right back into this not-for-profit project. As mentioned above, pre-sales are vital for ensuring that we are able to give adequate stipends to our contributors. What we are able to offer for compensation will depend on the amount of revenue from sales and pre-sales. Although we cannot afford to pay very much (probably just enough to purchase a few zines), we hope that offering a stipend, however small, will ensure that our contributors of the present and future know that their submissions are valued and appreciated.

You can order via our Etsy shop (for PayPal payments, where you can also find back issues on mythologies, vulnerabilities, embodiments, strategy, and healing as well as some Hoax pins and many of our personal zines) or, if you prefer well hidden US cash via snail mail, you can e-mail us at hoaxzine (at) gmail (dot) com to find out where to send it. If you are interested in potentially becoming a contributor to Hoax, please check out our call for submissions for Hoax #14: Feminisms & Boundaries, which is accepting submissions until May 31st, 2017 (deadline is flexible)!

+ Note about Mailing: We will be mailing out issues on a first-come, first-serve basis as soon as possible, optimally starting on Monday March 27th – but our ability to purchase necessary printing / mailing supplies and send copies out depends on when we will sell enough zines to afford to get everything in the mail. As always, feel free to send us an email if you have any questions about the status of your order.

+ Note about Not Listing Contributors’ Names: We have included a screenshot of the Table of Contents above to safeguard our contributors from “being Googleable” while providing credit and transparency as to who collaborated on this issue. Content that is consented to appear in print is not automatically consented to appear online and respect for our contributors’ comfort, safety, and privacy is also one of many reasons why circulated issues of Hoax are only found in hard copy form.

+ Other Ways to Support this Project: We’d love for you to submit content to future issues of the zine, come to an assembly party (upcoming in Baltimore!), write a review about Hoax, recommend it to your friends and favorite zine distros, and/or donate money to overall Hoax operations via PayPal (our account is hoaxzine at gmail dot com).

Please reblog to spread the word! Happy reading, y’all!

With care,

sari (Editor) & rachel (Editorial Assistant)

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Hoax #14: Feminisms and Boundaries - Call for Submissions
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We are eager for feminists of all backgrounds and genders to submit! Potential ideas for material on the topic of spaces include, but are not limited to,:

  • Establishing Boundaries: Strategies for setting boundaries and enacting holistic consent; Self-care; The meanings and implications of “holding space” for another person; Strategies to make relationships more equitable and less hierarchical; Peer support and mutual aid; Strategies to deal with grief, loss, and trauma; Seeking out / creating healthy ways and places to address mental illness; Addressing our needs for emotional closeness (introversion vs. extroversion, etc.)
  • Statehood and Citizenship: Refugee crisis as a feminist issue; Historical essays about de/colonization; Family lineage and national identity; Informational essays and personal narratives about experiences with Deferred Action for Childhood Arrival (DACA), Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), detainment, etc; Nationalism and resistance; anti-fascist and ANTIFA movements; Palestinian liberation, Puerto Rican independence movement, First nation resistance, etc; Challenging the “We are all immigrants” liberal solidarity movement; Experiences living with/in diaspora
  • Physical Boundaries: Environmentalism, global warming, and climate change (scientific essays, essays about how these issues correspond to contemporary politics and treaties, the negative impact that the construction of walls has on our environment, etc); Water protectors; Rapid gentrification of urban areas and the politics of paying rent; The connections between the prison industrial complex and the surveillance of Black and Brown bodies; Experiences with local organizing and how state borders impact our abilities to create and sustain inter/national movements
  • Psychogeographies: What it means to call a space a “home;” Psychogeography and the emotional / behavioral impact of a space; Strategies to effectively use social media as a tool to build alliances across geographic borders; Personal exposure, secrecy, and surveillance culture; Aging and how we separate different chapters or parts of our lives
  • Inclusion and Exclusion: White supremacy and xenophobia within the feminist movement; Concrete strategies to “show up” for our community members facing violence; Organizing in solidarity with identity and geographically-based communities you are not a member of; “Women’s spaces” and addressing transmisogyny in feminist communities; Arguments amongst the general Left to either divide or unify radicals and liberals; Restorative justice and informal efforts concerning how to handle sexual assault allegations, hate speech, and other acts of violence in our communities (banishment, intervention, accountability processes, etc.)
  • Communities: How do we define “community”?; Reaching out to and including feminists who are geographically isolated; Addressing dis/ability and making feminist spaces more physically accessible; The establishment of sober spaces and strategies for sober people to safely move through drinking spaces; Who is and is not included in our conceptions of community?; The push for “safer spaces” and the confluence of safety with comfort; Observing noticeable differences in our communities; Working within collectivist structures; Moving on from toxic / unhealthy friendships and relationships; Learning how to spend time alone; Bridging emotional and physical distances with others

All written submissions would ideally be between 500-2,500 words, or between 1-5 single-spaced pages in 12pt Times New Roman font. We are also in need of images (photos, drawings, paintings, etc) that will format properly as background designs — this means fitting into a vertical 5.5 inch x 8.5 inch page as accurately as possible, contrasting well in grayscale, and being noticeable while allowing the written text over-top of it to still be legible. We strongly prefer art that does not just portray thin / white / cis / able-bodied people. All accepted material will be compensated with a small cash stipend, one print copy and one PDF copy of the zine, and one Hoax pin. We will pay all shipping costs, whether domestic or international. Please aim to e-mail us your amazing material to [email protected] by our deadline, OCTOBER 31ST, 2017! If you are interested, feel free to send us your ideas for topics and artwork! As always, we are willing to work with you during any and every stage of the writing process. The sooner you send us your submissions and ideas, the better! Thank you so much to every contributor, reader, and supporter of this zine! We are looking forward to seeing your work! Please tell your friends and spread the word! In Solidarity, sari (Editor) & rachel (Editorial Assistant)

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Hoax #13: Feminisms and Spaces - CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS

We are eager for feminists of all backgrounds and genders to submit! We ask that you read the following three links before you submit: our mission statement, core values, and goals, general Hoax FAQs, and submission FAQs. Potential ideas for material on the topic of spaces include, but are not limited to,:

  • Physical Space: Rapid gentrification of urban areas and the politics of paying rent; Art, beautification, and gentrification; Nationalism, borders, and immigration issues; The connections between the prison industrial complex and the surveillance of Black and Brown bodies; “Physical space” as a concept related to personal comfort and entitlement (in mass transit, cultural ideals, etc.); What it means to call a space a “home;” Psychogeography and the emotional / behavioral impact of a space
  • Virtual Space: Our online interactions and how they differ from our offline / ‘real world’ ones; Strategies to effectively use social media as a tool to build alliances; Changing nature of information-sharing as it relates to feminism; How the media changes perception of time and social justice work; Personal exposure, secrecy and surveillance culture; How we decide to disclose certain things in certain online spaces
  • Communities: How do we define “community”? / Who is and is not included in our conceptions of community?; Reaching out to feminists who are geographically isolated; Addressing dis/ability and making feminist spaces more physically accessible; The establishment of sober spaces and strategies for sober people to feel safer in drinking spaces; How to establish “safer spaces” in general; Observing noticeable differences in our communities; Working within collectivist structures
  • Histories and Futures: “Women’s only” spaces as a feminist strategy / Is it possible to create gender-segregated spaces that are actually inclusive?; The importance of documenting and preserving feminist spaces, lesbian bars, etc.; Concerns for (extra-) terrestrial colonialism in Afrofuturism, speculative fiction, and science fiction; Where do we see ourselves and our communities going?; What do our ideal spaces look like?
  • Emotional Space: Self-care; The meanings and implications of “holding space” for another person; Strategies to make relationships more equitable and less hierarchical; Peer support and mutual aid; Strategies to deal with grief, loss, and trauma; Seeking out / creating healthy ways and places to address mental illness; Addressing our needs for emotional closeness (introversion vs. extroversion, etc.)
  • Distance: Strategies for setting boundaries and enacting holistic consent; Moving on from toxic / unhealthy friendships and relationships; Learning how to spend time alone; Bridging emotional and physical distances with others
  • The Body / Self: Dysphoria, body modifications, and other issues with embodiments in lived realities; Cultural appropriation; Asexuality, abstinence, celibacy, and other separations from compulsory sexual interactions; “Passing” or being read im/properly in various places; Is there a difference between feeling safe and actually being safe?
  • Visibility / Media: Self-expression (or lack thereof) and its relation to feminism, queerness, zine making, etc.; Making space for greater representation of marginalized identities in mass media or small-scale media; Reflections on calls for women, trans folks, and POC to “take up more space” in mainstream outlets

All written submissions would ideally be between 500-2,500 words, or between 1-5 single-spaced pages in 12pt Times New Roman font. We are also in need of images (photos, drawings, paintings, etc) that will format properly as background designs — this means fitting into a vertical 5.5 inch x 8.5 inch page as accurately as possible, contrasting well in grayscale, and being noticeable while allowing the written text over-top of it to still be legible. We strongly prefer art that does not just portray thin / white / cis / able-bodied people.

All accepted material will be compensated with a small cash stipend, one print copy and one PDF copy of the zine, and one Hoax pin. We will pay all shipping costs, whether domestic or international.

Please aim to e-mail us your amazing material to [email protected] by our deadline, OCTOBER 31ST, 2016! If you are interested, feel free to send us your ideas for topics and artwork! As always, we are willing to work with you during any and every stage of the writing process. The sooner you send us your submissions and ideas, the better!

Thank you so much to every contributor, reader, and supporter of this zine! We are looking forward to seeing your work! Please tell your friends and spread the word both here and on Facebook!

In Solidarity,

sari (Editor) & rachel (Editorial Assistant)

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Just a reminder that there’s still plenty of time to submit to Hoax #13! We're over capacity for poetry but still need lots of essays and art! Please get in touch with any questions, ideas, or material you might have! <3

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Just added to the Stranger Danger catalog:

Hoax #12 – Hoax is a feminist compilation zine with a changing theme, this one focusing on feminisms and healing. Hoax is always jam packed with smart, critical writing & at 78 pages long, it’s a steal for $3.50 (let’s all offer eternal thanks to editors Sari & Rachel for the work they do to keep this zine consistently rad & affordable!). There is so much in this issue: inherent worth & self-care for femmes, on staying quiet about grief & survivorship, on acknowledging & healing from trauma, on living with mental illness, on friendship & support, and way more than I have space to detail. Essential reading for feminists everywhere.

No More Words #3 – Rachel says in the intro, “The point is this–my adulthood looks a lot different than I thought it would be” which is the loose framework for this zine. In her late 20’s, Rachel finds herself having to deal with what it means for her to be an adult – caring for an aging parent living with acute dementia, feeling like a fake at her job, reflecting on the way her teenage self viewed her eating disorder, being a single queer woman having to navigate the dating scene, processing the suicide of a cherished acquaintance, and more. Figuring out adulthood can be the absolute worst, and Rachel writes about it with clarity & honesty.

Telegram #39 – Maranda says of this issue, “Telegram #39 is about examining the ways poverty, trauma, and chronic pain shape & alter & distort my perceptions of myself, my body, & my imagination.” I’ve already read this zine twice & I know I’ll read it again – it’s that good. It’s one long essay that reads like an open letter or diary entry, and Maranda doesn’t hold back when writing about how poverty & trauma & chronic pain have affected them throughout their life and into the present day. They lay bare their reality, they dream & ask questions & seek out coping strategies, they keep living. This is one of the best issues of Telegram I’ve ever read, & I’ve been reading it for years & years. Highly recommended.

Thou Shalt Not Talk About the White Boys Club: Challenging the Unwritten Rules of Punk – This is the second, expanded edition of a zine Sari wrote in 2012. They acknowledge their shifting perspective on some of what was in the earlier edition, and yet it’s still a striking examination of the flaws found in punk, and the ways it pushes away folks (many of whom are women, people of color, trans, queer, or genderqueer) who feel betrayed by it. It’s split into seven sections: race and gendered expectations for dress and behavior; perpetuating misogyny, girl hate, and “special snowflake” syndrome; accessibility, faux unity, and ironic perpetuation of racism in punk; influence, creative participation, and going behind the music; mosh pits, white masculinity, and normalized aggression and anger; purity in politics, behaviors, and interest; and trying to incite positive change in the scene. There is so much to take in – this zine is 58 text-heavy pages – & it will probably break your little punk heart a bit more than it already has been, but if you’re up for it, it will also challenge you to make punk better.

Get ‘em over at Stranger Danger!

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Crafted for Hoax #12: Feminisms and Healing. This personal essay discusses the death of a parent, medical procedures, sexual assault, trauma, and homophobia. Hoax is an annual USian queer feminist compilation zine that aims to create a space to share our own truths. hoaxzine.tumblr.com / hoaxzine.etsy.com
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A specially-crafted PDF of the 5,600-word essay that Hoax editor sari wrote for issue #12 is now up on our Issuu page!

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Hoax #13: Feminisms and Spaces - CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS

We are eager for feminists of all backgrounds and genders to submit! We ask that you read the following three links before you submit: our mission statement, core values, and goals, general Hoax FAQs, and submission FAQs. Potential ideas for material on the topic of spaces include, but are not limited to,:

  • Physical Space: Rapid gentrification of urban areas and the politics of paying rent; Art, beautification, and gentrification; Nationalism, borders, and immigration issues; The connections between the prison industrial complex and the surveillance of Black and Brown bodies; “Physical space” as a concept related to personal comfort and entitlement (in mass transit, cultural ideals, etc.); What it means to call a space a “home;” Psychogeography and the emotional / behavioral impact of a space
  • Virtual Space: Our online interactions and how they differ from our offline / ‘real world’ ones; Strategies to effectively use social media as a tool to build alliances; Changing nature of information-sharing as it relates to feminism; How the media changes perception of time and social justice work; Personal exposure, secrecy and surveillance culture; How we decide to disclose certain things in certain online spaces
  • Communities: How do we define “community”? / Who is and is not included in our conceptions of community?; Reaching out to feminists who are geographically isolated; Addressing dis/ability and making feminist spaces more physically accessible; The establishment of sober spaces and strategies for sober people to feel safer in drinking spaces; How to establish “safer spaces” in general; Observing noticeable differences in our communities; Working within collectivist structures
  • Histories and Futures: “Women’s only” spaces as a feminist strategy / Is it possible to create gender-segregated spaces that are actually inclusive?; The importance of documenting and preserving feminist spaces, lesbian bars, etc.; Concerns for (extra-) terrestrial colonialism in Afrofuturism, speculative fiction, and science fiction; Where do we see ourselves and our communities going?; What do our ideal spaces look like?
  • Emotional Space: Self-care; The meanings and implications of “holding space” for another person; Strategies to make relationships more equitable and less hierarchical; Peer support and mutual aid; Strategies to deal with grief, loss, and trauma; Seeking out / creating healthy ways and places to address mental illness; Addressing our needs for emotional closeness (introversion vs. extroversion, etc.)
  • Distance: Strategies for setting boundaries and enacting holistic consent; Moving on from toxic / unhealthy friendships and relationships; Learning how to spend time alone; Bridging emotional and physical distances with others
  • The Body / Self: Dysphoria, body modifications, and other issues with embodiments in lived realities; Cultural appropriation; Asexuality, abstinence, celibacy, and other separations from compulsory sexual interactions; “Passing” or being read im/properly in various places; Is there a difference between feeling safe and actually being safe?
  • Visibility / Media: Self-expression (or lack thereof) and its relation to feminism, queerness, zine making, etc.; Making space for greater representation of marginalized identities in mass media or small-scale media; Reflections on calls for women, trans folks, and POC to “take up more space” in mainstream outlets

All written submissions would ideally be between 500-2,500 words, or between 1-5 single-spaced pages in 12pt Times New Roman font. We are also in need of images (photos, drawings, paintings, etc) that will format properly as background designs — this means fitting into a vertical 5.5 inch x 8.5 inch page as accurately as possible, contrasting well in grayscale, and being noticeable while allowing the written text over-top of it to still be legible. We strongly prefer art that does not just portray thin / white / cis / able-bodied people.

All accepted material will be compensated with a small cash stipend, one print copy and one PDF copy of the zine, and one Hoax pin. We will pay all shipping costs, whether domestic or international.

Please aim to e-mail us your amazing material to [email protected] by our deadline, OCTOBER 31ST, 2016! If you are interested, feel free to send us your ideas for topics and artwork! As always, we are willing to work with you during any and every stage of the writing process. The sooner you send us your submissions and ideas, the better!

Thank you so much to every contributor, reader, and supporter of this zine! We are looking forward to seeing your work! Please tell your friends and spread the word both here and on Facebook!

In Solidarity,

sari (Editor) & rachel (Editorial Assistant)

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HOAX #12:  FEMINISMS & HEALING IS NOW UP FOR PRE-ORDERS

+ What is Hoax? Hoax is a US annual queer feminist compilation zine that aims to create a space where we can voice our own truths. Each issue has a theme in tandem with feminisms. Contributors do not have to identify with a particular gender and/or as feminists in order to submit work to the zine. You can learn more about Hoax via links about our Mission Statement, Core Values, and Shared Goals, General Hoax FAQs, Submission FAQs, and Stipends for Submissions.

+ Why should I consider pre-ordering this zine? Due to the large amount of time between issues (Hoax #11 came out in November 2015!) as well as the high volume of requests for copies that we receive from individual buyers, distros, independent bookstores, zine libraries, and zine fests, selling pre-orders allows us to accurately gauge how many issues need to be printed while raising enough initial funds to supply us with vital resources to get the zine out there! Also, more pre-orders means more money we can offer to the folks who made this issue possible!

Essays in this issue (chronological order):

  • A piece about 12 step groups and how they’re both helpful and harmful, and why the writer had to eventually leave
  • An informational essay about rape-related Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) faced by military personnel and the importance of distinguishing it from combat-related PTSD
  • Dealing with issues surrounding trauma, alcohol use, and a lack of resources in an unhealthy and unsupportive relationship
  • A piece examining the author’s experiences and feelings about a Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) intensive program and the idea of recovery
  • How a sick femme mama is working through the misogynistic bullshit around taking care of others before she takes care of herself
  • A short comic story about a small surgery
  • Connections between personal experiences with grief over the death of a parent and being a survivor, and why the writer doesn’t talk about either anymore
  • Facing PTSD as a result of multiple suicide attempts and how the duality of passive / active personal choice impacts the writer’s feelings of not having a “valid” kind of trauma
  • A creative nonfiction essay documenting the process of writing poetry about the uglier parts of the past as a way to heal from it
  • Gaining awareness and perspective on personal growth through untimely emotions and unbalanced body changes
  • Poetry about aging, a mother’s abortion, and PTSD
  • A discussion of medium-term recovery from rape and abuse using the medium of journaling to come to terms with what happened
  • Lessons learned from poc family that white environmental and feminist activism failed to teach the writer
  • How to take care of oneself and attempt to avoid secondary trauma when working as a domestic violence advocate or in a similar position
  • Understanding the relationship between race and gender with Body Focused Repetitive Disorders through the eyes of one sufferer
  • The honest and raw process of understanding asexual erasure, one’s asexuality, sexuality, and other’s reactions to it all
  • Coming of age in new jersey, Mad Pride, organizing in southern appalachia, and struggles to maintain community among psychiatric survivors
  • A personal essay deconstructing the supposed linear trajectory of the concept of “healing,” while exploring the author’s ties to alternative mental health philosophies
  • An essay examining the social and personal meanings of self-harming behaviours through a feminist, trauma-informed lens
  • Exploring how the meaning of friendship has changed throughout the author’s life in late capitalism, alternately providing spaces of healing and challenges to identity as a sex-negative, working poor black woman in suburbia

This issue also includes feminists we love, current feminist heroes, and a vegan/gf recipe for 8 Layer Taco Dip! The zine is ½ size, black & white print, 80 pages, and very text heavy.

+ Note about Triggering Content: We are circulating the above descriptive list in an effort to reveal the content and ordering of this issue, thus creating the opportunity for readers to judge on a personal basis as to which essays could be potentially triggering or uncomfortable to them. We have chosen not to place trigger warnings on specific pieces in Hoax because we recognize that triggers are unique and highly personal. We believe that it is impossible to discern what content has the potential to be upsetting and/or triggering to every one of our readers, and we do not want to inadvertently create a hierarchy of what material is “intense” or “real” enough to warrant a warning. Please contact us if you have suggestions as to how to better incorporate trigger warnings into future issues of Hoax.

+ Note about Pricing and Stipends: This issue costs US$3.50. All of the money procured for Hoax goes right back into this not-for-profit project. As mentioned above, pre-sales are vital for ensuring that we are able to give adequate stipends to our contributors. What we are able to offer for compensation will depend on the amount of revenue from sales and pre-sales. Although we cannot afford to pay very much (probably just enough to purchase a few zines), we hope that offering a stipend, however small, will ensure that our contributors of the present and future know that their submissions are valued and appreciated.

You can pre-order via our Etsy shop (for PayPal payments, where you can also find back issues on change, mythologies, vulnerabilities, embodiments, and strategy as well as some Hoax pins and many of our personal zines) or, if you prefer well hidden US cash via snail mail, you can e-mail us at hoaxzine (at) gmail (dot) com to find out where to send it. If you are interested in potentially becoming a contributor to Hoax, please check out our call for submissions for Hoax #13: Feminisms & Spaces, which is accepting submissions until July 31st, 2016 (deadline is flexible)!

+ Note about Mailing: We will be mailing out issues on a first-come, first-serve basis as soon as possible, optimally starting on THURSDAY JULY 7TH – but our ability to purchase necessary printing / mailing supplies and send copies out depends on when we will sell enough zines to afford to get everything in the mail. As always, feel free to send us an email if you have any questions about the status of your order.

+ Note about Not Listing Contributors’ Names: We have included a screenshot of the Table of Contents above to safeguard our contributors from “being Googleable” while providing credit and transparency as to who collaborated on this issue. Content that is consented to appear in print is not automatically consented to appear online and respect for our contributors’ comfort, safety, and privacy is also one of many reasons why circulated issues of Hoax are only found in hard copy form.

+ Other Ways to Support this Project: We’d love for you to submit content to future issues of the zine, come to an assembly party (held in New York City periodically), write a review about Hoax, recommend it to your friends and favorite zine distros, and/or donate money to overall Hoax operations via PayPal (our account is hoaxzine at gmail dot com).

Please reblog to spread the word! Happy reading, y’all!

With care,

sari (Editor) & rachel (Editorial Assistant)

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Call For Submissions - Hoax #12: Feminisms and HEALING
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Here’s a reminder that today (Tuesday May 31st) is our final deadline for pitches, rough drafts, and submissions! We are still interested in reviewing written essays and artwork, but we are no longer accepting poetry for this issue.

Please e-mail us at hoaxzine@gmaildotcom with any questions, prompts, or material! :)

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Call For Submissions - Hoax #12: Feminisms and HEALING

We are totally ecstatic to announce that the topic for Hoax #12 will be feminisms and HEALING.

We are eager for feminists of all backgrounds and genders to submit! We ask that you read the following three links before you submit: our mission statement, core values, and goals, general Hoax FAQs, and submission FAQs. Potential ideas for material on the topic of healing include, but are not limited to,:

  • Trauma: Inheriting familial & generational trauma and working to lessen its burden;  Ways in which the body remembers violence; Incarceration, police brutality,  and trauma; addiction & sobriety; Dealing with flashbacks and PTSD
  • Recovery: Strategies to deal with grief, loss, & trauma; Intentionally choosing to heal; Is healing always a positive experience? / Is it quantifiable?; Involvement in self-driven creative projects (zines, art, journaling, etc.) as a form of recovery; Harm reduction; Times and places where healing is and is not possible for us; Popularized narratives of what healing can or should look like; Is healing a means or an end?; Assessing & learning from our mistakes
  • Care: The professionalization of care work; Labor organizing around carework (i.e. campaigns in the US for caregivers to be paid a minimum wage of $15); Personal accounts of being a caregiver; Raising children in a way that intentionally pushes back against the “isms” and fucked up ways we ourselves were raised; Caring for disabled  or elderly loved ones; Unorthodox / non-traditional methods of self care; Critiques of self care; How we show care for others; How care can play out on a communal level; Restorative justice efforts and community organizing; Forgiving ourselves and others / The implications of “forgive and forget”
  • Relationships: Healing from the “isms” perpetuated by feminism and other social justice movements on micro and macro levels; Identifying toxic behavior in our relationships; How to make feminism more “inclusive” & accommodate people of various identities & lived experiences; Strategies to make relationships more equitable and less hierarchical; Engaging with loved ones who are struggling; Peer support & mutual aid; Strategies to foster healthy community ties; How we can utilize relationships as sites of healing
  • Sex and Sexuality: Strategies of setting boundaries and enacting holistic consent; The development of a materialist feminist lens for discussing sex work; Creating healthy & lasting means of healing from sexual trauma; Asexuality, abstinence, celibacy, & other separations from compulsory sexual interactions; Building solid queer platonic relationships in the age of online dating; Strategies to discuss HIV/AIDS & STIs in non-shaming ways; The effects of living with STIs and / or HIV/AIDS
  • Health and Health Care: The correlation between trauma and illness; The gendered language used to discuss trauma; Experiences with psychology and psychiatry; Changing relationship to our bodies over time (aging, weight, political beliefs, surgeries, etc.); The medicalization of dysphoria / Non-medical means to cope with it; Ways in which medicine reaffirms scripts of kyriarchy (ex: GID and the DSM / ties between the “obesity epidemic” and race / “hysteria”); Problems within the healthcare system; Radical mental health; Barriers to accessible therapy

We are also in need of images (photos, drawings, paintings, etc) that will format properly as background designs — this means fitting into a vertical 5.5 inch x 8.5 inch page as accurately as possible, contrasting well in grayscale, and being noticeable while allowing the written text over-top of it to still be legible. We strongly prefer art that does not just portray thin / white / cis / able-bodied people.

All accepted material will be compensated with a small cash stipend, a PDF copy and a print copy (we cover shipping!) of the finished zine, one Hoax pin, and the choice to promote your feminist- and queer-centered projects/efforts/events through our mailing list and social media outlets.

Please aim to send us your amazing material to hoaxzine (at) gmail (dot) com by MAY 31ST, 2016. If you are interested, feel free to e-mail us your ideas for topics & artwork! As always, we are willing to work with you during any and every stage of the writing process. The sooner you send us your submissions and ideas, the better!

Thank you so much to every contributor, reader, and supporter of this zine! We are looking forward to seeing your work! Please repost and spread the word! [And here’s our FB event page.]

In Solidarity,

sari (Editor) & rachel (Editorial Assistant)

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UPDATE: We are no longer able to review poetry for this issue, but we are still interested in any more written pieces or potential background art you might want to submit by Tuesday May 31st! Please e-mail us with prompts and/or rough drafts by then!

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Hoax #13: Feminisms and Spaces - CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS

We are eager for feminists of all backgrounds and genders to submit! We ask that you read the following three links before you submit: our mission statement, core values, and goals, general Hoax FAQs, and submission FAQs. Potential ideas for material on the topic of spaces include, but are not limited to,:

  • Physical Space: Rapid gentrification of urban areas and the politics of paying rent; Art, beautification, and gentrification; Nationalism, borders, and immigration issues; The connections between the prison industrial complex and the surveillance of Black and Brown bodies; “Physical space” as a concept related to personal comfort and entitlement (in mass transit, cultural ideals, etc.); What it means to call a space a “home;” Psychogeography and the emotional / behavioral impact of a space
  • Virtual Space: Our online interactions and how they differ from our offline / ‘real world’ ones; Strategies to effectively use social media as a tool to build alliances; Changing nature of information-sharing as it relates to feminism; How the media changes perception of time and social justice work; Personal exposure, secrecy and surveillance culture; How we decide to disclose certain things in certain online spaces
  • Communities: How do we define “community”? / Who is and is not included in our conceptions of community?; Reaching out to feminists who are geographically isolated; Addressing dis/ability and making feminist spaces more physically accessible; The establishment of sober spaces and strategies for sober people to feel safer in drinking spaces; How to establish “safer spaces” in general; Observing noticeable differences in our communities; Working within collectivist structures
  • Histories and Futures: “Women’s only” spaces as a feminist strategy / Is it possible to create gender-segregated spaces that are actually inclusive?; The importance of documenting and preserving feminist spaces, lesbian bars, etc.; Concerns for (extra-) terrestrial colonialism in Afrofuturism, speculative fiction, and science fiction; Where do we see ourselves and our communities going?; What do our ideal spaces look like?
  • Emotional Space: Self-care; The meanings and implications of “holding space” for another person; Strategies to make relationships more equitable and less hierarchical; Peer support and mutual aid; Strategies to deal with grief, loss, and trauma; Seeking out / creating healthy ways and places to address mental illness; Addressing our needs for emotional closeness (introversion vs. extroversion, etc.)
  • Distance: Strategies for setting boundaries and enacting holistic consent; Moving on from toxic / unhealthy friendships and relationships; Learning how to spend time alone; Bridging emotional and physical distances with others
  • The Body / Self: Dysphoria, body modifications, and other issues with embodiments in lived realities; Cultural appropriation; Asexuality, abstinence, celibacy, and other separations from compulsory sexual interactions; “Passing” or being read im/properly in various places; Is there a difference between feeling safe and actually being safe?
  • Visibility / Media: Self-expression (or lack thereof) and its relation to feminism, queerness, zine making, etc.; Making space for greater representation of marginalized identities in mass media or small-scale media; Reflections on calls for women, trans folks, and POC to “take up more space” in mainstream outlets

All written submissions would ideally be between 500-2,500 words, or between 1-5 single-spaced pages in 12pt Times New Roman font. We are also in need of images (photos, drawings, paintings, etc) that will format properly as background designs — this means fitting into a vertical 5.5 inch x 8.5 inch page as accurately as possible, contrasting well in grayscale, and being noticeable while allowing the written text over-top of it to still be legible. We strongly prefer art that does not just portray thin / white / cis / able-bodied people.

All accepted material will be compensated with a small cash stipend, one print copy and one PDF copy of the zine, and one Hoax pin. We will pay all shipping costs, whether domestic or international.

Please aim to e-mail us your amazing material to [email protected] by our deadline, JANUARY 31ST, 2017! If you are interested, feel free to send us your ideas for topics and artwork! As always, we are willing to work with you during any and every stage of the writing process. The sooner you send us your submissions and ideas, the better!

Thank you so much to every contributor, reader, and supporter of this zine! We are looking forward to seeing your work! Please tell your friends and spread the word both here and on Facebook!

In Solidarity,

sari (Editor) & rachel (Editorial Assistant)

EDIT ON 9/10/16: We are WAY over capacity for poetry and will not review any more poems for this issue.

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Call For Submissions - Hoax #12: Feminisms and HEALING

We are totally ecstatic to announce that the topic for Hoax #12 will be feminisms and HEALING.

We are eager for feminists of all backgrounds and genders to submit! We ask that you read the following three links before you submit: our mission statement, core values, and goals, general Hoax FAQs, and submission FAQs. Potential ideas for material on the topic of healing include, but are not limited to,:

  • Trauma: Inheriting familial & generational trauma and working to lessen its burden;  Ways in which the body remembers violence; Incarceration, police brutality,  and trauma; addiction & sobriety; Dealing with flashbacks and PTSD
  • Recovery: Strategies to deal with grief, loss, & trauma; Intentionally choosing to heal; Is healing always a positive experience? / Is it quantifiable?; Involvement in self-driven creative projects (zines, art, journaling, etc.) as a form of recovery; Harm reduction; Times and places where healing is and is not possible for us; Popularized narratives of what healing can or should look like; Is healing a means or an end?; Assessing & learning from our mistakes
  • Care: The professionalization of care work; Labor organizing around carework (i.e. campaigns in the US for caregivers to be paid a minimum wage of $15); Personal accounts of being a caregiver; Raising children in a way that intentionally pushes back against the “isms” and fucked up ways we ourselves were raised; Caring for disabled  or elderly loved ones; Unorthodox / non-traditional methods of self care; Critiques of self care; How we show care for others; How care can play out on a communal level; Restorative justice efforts and community organizing; Forgiving ourselves and others / The implications of “forgive and forget”
  • Relationships: Healing from the “isms” perpetuated by feminism and other social justice movements on micro and macro levels; Identifying toxic behavior in our relationships; How to make feminism more “inclusive” & accommodate people of various identities & lived experiences; Strategies to make relationships more equitable and less hierarchical; Engaging with loved ones who are struggling; Peer support & mutual aid; Strategies to foster healthy community ties; How we can utilize relationships as sites of healing
  • Sex and Sexuality: Strategies of setting boundaries and enacting holistic consent; The development of a materialist feminist lens for discussing sex work; Creating healthy & lasting means of healing from sexual trauma; Asexuality, abstinence, celibacy, & other separations from compulsory sexual interactions; Building solid queer platonic relationships in the age of online dating; Strategies to discuss HIV/AIDS & STIs in non-shaming ways; The effects of living with STIs and / or HIV/AIDS
  • Health and Health Care: The correlation between trauma and illness; The gendered language used to discuss trauma; Experiences with psychology and psychiatry; Changing relationship to our bodies over time (aging, weight, political beliefs, surgeries, etc.); The medicalization of dysphoria / Non-medical means to cope with it; Ways in which medicine reaffirms scripts of kyriarchy (ex: GID and the DSM / ties between the “obesity epidemic” and race / “hysteria”); Problems within the healthcare system; Radical mental health; Barriers to accessible therapy

We are also in need of images (photos, drawings, paintings, etc) that will format properly as background designs — this means fitting into a vertical 5.5 inch x 8.5 inch page as accurately as possible, contrasting well in grayscale, and being noticeable while allowing the written text over-top of it to still be legible. We strongly prefer art that does not just portray thin / white / cis / able-bodied people.

All accepted material will be compensated with a small cash stipend, a PDF copy and a print copy (we cover shipping!) of the finished zine, one Hoax pin, and the choice to promote your feminist- and queer-centered projects/efforts/events through our mailing list and social media outlets.

Please aim to send us your amazing material to hoaxzine (at) gmail (dot) com by MAY 31ST, 2016. If you are interested, feel free to e-mail us your ideas for topics & artwork! As always, we are willing to work with you during any and every stage of the writing process. The sooner you send us your submissions and ideas, the better!

Thank you so much to every contributor, reader, and supporter of this zine! We are looking forward to seeing your work! Please repost and spread the word! [And here’s our FB event page.]

In Solidarity,

sari (Editor) & rachel (Editorial Assistant)

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UPDATED SUBMISSION DEADLINE: MAY 31ST!

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HOAX NOW OFFERING LIMITED PDF COPIES!

To celebrate our newest zine release - Hoax #11: Feminisms and Strategy - we have decided to sell instant-download PDFs of two out-of-print issues of Hoax through our Etsy shop! Hoax #5: Feminisms and Community and Hoax #6: Feminisms and Communication are being offered as paid PDF downloads on a trial basis!

We are still 110% committed to not hosting the zine online for free, through open and unlimited downloads, or otherwise uploading the zine’s content online in a manner that would allow the safety of contributors to be potentially compromised (please see our “Mission Statement, Core Values, and Shared Goals” for more info about this).

We have chosen to sell PDFs of these two issues because we:

  • Would like to have a more accessible purchase option for non-US readers
  • Want to provide an alternate reading format for folks who are vision impaired and/or seek a large print version of the zine
  • Receive a large number of inquiries about out-of-print zines and these specific issues are no longer accessible in physical form
  • Aim to gauge how much of a demand there is for PDF versions of Hoax and plan to make an informed decision about selling additional digital copies on Etsy in the future

Etsy Details: These PDFs will be US$5 each and will connect buyers to an instant download once payment is cleared. These downloads will be made accessible to the buyer only through their personal Etsy account in PDF format and will not be sent via e-mail or any other avenues or websites. The listing for these digital files will not include any identifiable information that would allow contributors to “be Googleable” or otherwise compromise the content of the zine. As always, please email us (hoaxzine at gmail dot com) with any questions!

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Call For Submissions - Hoax #12: Feminisms and HEALING

We are totally ecstatic to announce that the topic for Hoax #12 will be feminisms and HEALING.

We are eager for feminists of all backgrounds and genders to submit! We ask that you read the following three links before you submit: our mission statement, core values, and goals, general Hoax FAQs, and submission FAQs. Potential ideas for material on the topic of healing include, but are not limited to,:

  • Trauma: Inheriting familial & generational trauma and working to lessen its burden;  Ways in which the body remembers violence; Incarceration, police brutality,  and trauma; addiction & sobriety; Dealing with flashbacks and PTSD
  • Recovery: Strategies to deal with grief, loss, & trauma; Intentionally choosing to heal; Is healing always a positive experience? / Is it quantifiable?; Involvement in self-driven creative projects (zines, art, journaling, etc.) as a form of recovery; Harm reduction; Times and places where healing is and is not possible for us; Popularized narratives of what healing can or should look like; Is healing a means or an end?; Assessing & learning from our mistakes
  • Care: The professionalization of care work; Labor organizing around carework (i.e. campaigns in the US for caregivers to be paid a minimum wage of $15); Personal accounts of being a caregiver; Raising children in a way that intentionally pushes back against the “isms” and fucked up ways we ourselves were raised; Caring for disabled  or elderly loved ones; Unorthodox / non-traditional methods of self care; Critiques of self care; How we show care for others; How care can play out on a communal level; Restorative justice efforts and community organizing; Forgiving ourselves and others / The implications of “forgive and forget”
  • Relationships: Healing from the “isms” perpetuated by feminism and other social justice movements on micro and macro levels; Identifying toxic behavior in our relationships; How to make feminism more “inclusive” & accommodate people of various identities & lived experiences; Strategies to make relationships more equitable and less hierarchical; Engaging with loved ones who are struggling; Peer support & mutual aid; Strategies to foster healthy community ties; How we can utilize relationships as sites of healing
  • Sex and Sexuality: Strategies of setting boundaries and enacting holistic consent; The development of a materialist feminist lens for discussing sex work; Creating healthy & lasting means of healing from sexual trauma; Asexuality, abstinence, celibacy, & other separations from compulsory sexual interactions; Building solid queer platonic relationships in the age of online dating; Strategies to discuss HIV/AIDS & STIs in non-shaming ways; The effects of living with STIs and / or HIV/AIDS
  • Health and Health Care: The correlation between trauma and illness; The gendered language used to discuss trauma; Experiences with psychology and psychiatry; Changing relationship to our bodies over time (aging, weight, political beliefs, surgeries, etc.); The medicalization of dysphoria / Non-medical means to cope with it; Ways in which medicine reaffirms scripts of kyriarchy (ex: GID and the DSM / ties between the “obesity epidemic” and race / “hysteria”); Problems within the healthcare system; Radical mental health; Barriers to accessible therapy

We are also in need of images (photos, drawings, paintings, etc) that will format properly as background designs — this means fitting into a vertical 5.5 inch x 8.5 inch page as accurately as possible, contrasting well in grayscale, and being noticeable while allowing the written text over-top of it to still be legible. We strongly prefer art that does not just portray thin / white / cis / able-bodied people.

All accepted material will be compensated with a small cash stipend, one complimentary copy of the finished zine, one Hoax pin, and the choice to promote your feminist- and queer-centered projects/efforts/events through our mailing list and social media outlets for life.

Please aim to send us your amazing material to hoaxzine (at) gmail (dot) com by MARCH 31ST, 2016. If you are interested, feel free to e-mail us your ideas for topics & artwork! As always, we are willing to work with you during any and every stage of the writing process. The sooner you send us your submissions and ideas, the better!

Thank you so much to every contributor, reader, & supporter of this zine! We are looking forward to seeing your work! Please repost and spread the word! [And here’s our FB event page.]

In Solidarity,

sari & rachel

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DEADLINE EXTENDED! Submissions are now sought before March 31, 2016! Please get in touch with any questions / prompts / drafts / etc.! <3

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[imgs: 4 photos of Hoax Zine #11: 1) The front cover of the issue, which features a hand moving a chess piece across a warped chess board, 2) The table of contents listing for the issue, 3) The back cover of the issue, which features 4 profiles of individuals with written text overlayed on them, and 4) Issues #6-11 of Hoax set out next to one another.]

HOAX #11:  FEMINISMS & STRATEGY IS NOW TAKING PRE-ORDERS

+ What is Hoax? Hoax is an annual US-based queer feminist compilation zine that aims to create a space where we can voice our own truths. Each issue has a theme in tandem with feminisms. Contributors do not have to identify with a particular gender and/or as feminists in order to submit work to the zine. You can learn more about Hoax via links to our Mission Statement, Core Values, and Shared Goals, General Hoax FAQs, Submission FAQs, and Stipends for Submissions.

+ Why should I consider pre-ordering this zine? Due to the large amount of time between issues (Hoax #10 came out 15 months ago, in August 2014!) as well as the high volume of requests for copies that we receive from individual buyers, distros, independent bookstores, zine libraries, and zine fests, selling pre-orders allows us to accurately gauge how many issues need to be printed while raising enough initial funds to supply us with vital resources to get the zine out there! Also, more pre-orders means more money we can offer to the folks who made this issue possible! All pre-orders will include additional surprise goodies! :)

Essays in this Issue:

  • Moving through frustration, toward understanding limited/centred approaches to theory, practice, media, communication, organizing, etc; with the example of able-ist white feminism colonising non-western feminisms via cultural relativism, and thus displacing and alienating "other" feminisms
  • Poems centered on themes of perspective, inclusion, and interpersonal conflict as they relate to social change strategies
  • PrEP as feminist strategy and the failure of liberal feminism to address HIV as a feminist concern
  • Reflecting on macro-level racism, classism, and ableism faced while operating a disability program and its ensuing “inner-city colonialism” on the local community
  • An expression of burn out and disillusionment after years of doing direct service and organizing work
  • A short article on the subversive potential of using LGBT happy endings in romance novels and fanfiction as a way to imagine a new kind of future for queer life
  • Comparing and analysing a hierarchically structured women's organization and an autonomous feminist collective in Belgium
  • Practices for finding motivation to get up in the morning and quieting the internal voices that tell us we are not good enough
  • Confessions about anti-violence organizing from the perspective of a social worker and survivor
  • Embracing alternative realities and fictive possibilities as a way to love across anorexic, schizophrenic, and spinster identities
  • Nurturing a relationship with a kid and thoughts on strategies from a long-distance “feminist godmother”
  • A piece that explores how making and self-publishing a zine helped the author gain confidence as a writer
  • Reflections on sexual assault and survivorhood in a victim-blaming world
  • A comic about a bus ride downtown to a 'place without mirrors,' where you can't help but broadcast your dysphoria in the moment
  • Uncovering the hidden labor in feminist projects / zines and tips for creating and sustaining them without burning out or going uncredited for your unpaid work
  • An essay that discusses methods to combat shame and stigma when a friend or partner shares their STI status
  • Personal and historical analysis of challenges to organizing men against patriarchy, with strategies for moving forward
  • Interview with Jamila Hammami, Executive Director of the Queer Detainee Empowerment Project (QDEP)
  • A piece exploring the shortcomings of mainstream literature on polyamory that suggests bringing an intersectional political analysis to discussions of poly
  • A piece that dares to assert what feminism is and what it isn’t; from the perspective of an ever-learning 27-year-old feminist of color
  • Mental illness’ connections with temporalities of queerness, a call for communal responses and support, and fighting both socially- and self-imposed stigmas of being “too emotional”

This issue also includes feminists we love, current feminist heroes, and a vegan/gf recipe for tofu pot pie! The zine is ½ size, black & white, 80 pages, printed in English, and very text heavy.

+ Note about Triggering Content: We are circulating the above descriptive list in an effort to reveal the content and chronological order of this issue, thus creating the opportunity for readers to judge on an individual basis as to which essays could be potentially triggering or uncomfortable to them. We have chosen not to place trigger warnings on specific pieces in Hoax because we recognize that triggers are unique and highly personal. We believe that it is impossible to discern what content has the potential to be upsetting and/or triggering to every one of our readers, and we do not want to inadvertently create a hierarchy of what material is “intense” or “real” enough to warrant a warning. Please contact us if you have suggestions about how to better incorporate trigger warnings into future issues of Hoax.

+ Note about Pricing and Stipends: This issue costs US$3.50. All of the money procured for Hoax goes right back into the not-for-profit project. As mentioned above, pre-sales are vital for ensuring that we are able to give adequate stipends to our contributors. What we are able to offer for compensation will depend on the amount of revenue from sales and pre-sales, and will be distributed as soon as zines have been mailed. Although we cannot afford to pay very much (probably just enough to purchase a zine and a cup of coffee), we hope that offering a stipend, however small, will ensure that our contributors of the present and future know that their submissions are valued and appreciated.

If you are in a position to do so, we encourage you to donate money to overall Hoax operations via PayPal (our account is hoaxzine (at) gmail (dot) com), pay a higher fee for this particular issue, and/or purchase other available zines so that we can continue to work towards making Hoax readily available to those who cannot afford to pay higher than US$3.50 for a singular zine.

You can pre-order via our Etsy shop (for PayPal payments, where you can also find back issues on communication [this issue will be out of print in a month!], change, mythologies, vulnerabilities, and embodiments [all pictured above!] as well as some Hoax pins and many of our personal zines) or, if you prefer well-hidden US cash via snail mail, you can e-mail us at hoaxzine (at) gmail (dot) com to make arrangements. If you are interested in potentially becoming a contributor to Hoax, please check out our call for submissions for Hoax #12: Feminisms & Healing, which is accepting submissions until December 31st, 2015 (this deadline is flexible)!

+ Note about Mailing: We will be mailing out issues on a first-come, first-serve basis as soon as possible, optimally starting in EARLY DECEMBER – but our ability to purchase necessary mailing supplies and therefore send copies out depends on when we will sell enough zines to afford to get everything in the mail. As always, feel free to shoot us an email if you have any questions about the status of your order.

+ Note about Not Listing Contributors’ Names: We have included a screenshot of the Table of Contents above to safeguard our contributors from “being Googleable” while providing credit and transparency as to who collaborated on this issue. Content that is consented to appear in print is not automatically consented to be searchable online and respect for our contributors’ comfort, safety, and privacy is one of our priorities.

+ Other Ways to Support this Project: We’d love for you to submit content to future issues of the zine, come to an assembly party (held in New York City periodically), write a review about Hoax, recommend it to your friends and favorite zine distros, and/or follow our Facebook and Instagram accounts!

Happy reading, y’all! Please reblog to help spread the news!

In Solidarity, sari (Editor) & rachel (Editorial Assistant) 

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Hoax #11: Feminisms and Strategy KARAOKE Release Party!

Hoax is a US annual queer feminist compilation zine that aims to create a space to share our own truths. This event will celebrate six and a half years of collaboration and the release of our eleventh issue on the theme of feminist strategy. Join us for readings & KARAOKE!!!!

Date: Sunday, November 22 Time: 7-10pm Place: Bluestockings Bookstore, Cafe, and Activist Center, 172 Allen Street New York, New York 10002 Event Details: The event is free & open to the public, but please consider donating to the space & purchasing an issue of the zine! There will be open sign-ups for karaoke and readings all throughout the event. This is a sober party! Space Details: Bluestockings is wheelchair accessible, with no steps or platforms, and wide aisles between shelves. The bathroom is not wheelchair accessible. Please read the Bluestockings Safer Spaces Policy! http://bluestockings.com/about/safer-space/

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